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Javier Rivera

Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies

University of Texas at Austin

Curriculum Vitae

Education

Ph.D. Student in Mexican American and Latina/o Studies, University of Texas at Austin (Current Student)

B.A. in Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin (2017)

B.S. in Microbiology, University of Texas at Austin (2017)             

Publications

Book Reviews

  1. Rivera, Javier. “Javier Rivera on ‘Light in the Dark/Luz en lo Oscuro: Rewriting Identity, Spirituality, Reality.’” Review of Light in the Dark/Luz en lo Oscuro: Rewriting Identity, Spirituality, Reality, by Gloria Anzaldúa. AnaLouise Keating ed. E3W Review of Books Vol. 19, 1 Mar. 2019.

Under Review

  1. Hackett, Robin and Javier Rivera. “Free Speech and Academic Freedom in the Era of the Alt-Right.” Submitted to Radical Teacher, Dec. 2019.

Teaching and Facilitation

  1. Graduate Teaching Assistant, 2019-2020 Academic Year. Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies, University of Texas at Austin. Fall 2019: MAS 301 Introduction to Mexican American and Latina/o Studies. Spring 2020: MAS 316/HIS 314K History of Mexican Americans in the U.S.
  2. Guest Lecture, “Latinx Digital (Counter)Publics and Memetic Productions.” Lesson given to MAS 301: Introduction to Mexican American and Latina/o/x Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Nov. 13th, 2019.
  3. Pedagogical Coursework, AFR 398T – Supervised Teaching in African and African Diaspora Studies, Fall 2019.
  4. Program Facilitation, “Mediating Masculinities: Can Media Help Disrupt Harmful Masculinities?” Gender and Sexuality Center at the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX. April 2019.
  5. Facilitation, “I Like, LIKE You.” Theatre for Dialogue, Voices Against Violence, UT Austin, 2015-2016 Academic Year

Conference Papers

  1. “Toxic Pharmacologies: Race and Gender Among the Men of Color of the Involuntary Celibate Online Community.” Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference 2020. Denver, Colorado. April 2020.
  2. “Performing Whiteness on YouTube: Microcelebrity Practices and the Ambivalent Affordances of Genetic Ancestry Tests.” On-Stage, Off-Stage: Body, Archive, and Performance. 16th Annual Graduate Conference in Comparative Literature, February 2020, Austin, Texas. Unpublished conference paper. The University of Texas at Austin.
  3.  “Networking Whiteness: (Re)Branding Race, Microcelebrity, and Digital White Supremacy.” Consuming Fictions Graduate Student Conference, May 2019, Austin, Texas. Unpublished symposium paper. The University of Texas at Austin.

Research Experience

  1. Sensing Methods. Digital Field Methods Institute. The Digital Writing and Research Lab at the University of Texas at Austin. July 2019.  
  2. Poster Presentation, “Reimagining Gender: Aztec Moon Goddess Themes and Symbols in the Music of Gloria Trevi.” The University of Texas at Austin. Austin, Texas. April 19, 2017.

Research Interests

  1. Research interests include new and digital media studies, online communities and networked publics, Internet cultures, self-presentation in online space, and race, gender, and sexuality studies.
  2. My current research project examines the men of color who participate in the online communities of the manosphere (men’s rights activists, pick-up artists, incels, etc.).

Departmental and University Service

  1. Camp Alba Assistant Counselor 2019. Camp Alba is a summer camp organized by Latino Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. It is designed to show middle school students what opportunities are available at a public university such as UT Austin and what majoring in ethnic studies can offer.

Training and Community Service

  1. 40-Hour Core Advocate Training, An Office of the Attorney General-Certified Sexual Assault Training Program. SAFE. Austin, TX. June 2019.
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